Blaze signifcantly damages Rochester mobile home

A mobile home was significantly damaged today in a fire at Chestnut Hill Mobile Home Park. The fire, which began at 2 Riverview Dr. around 12:28 p.m., was brought under control within about 10 minutes, but the flames destroyed about half of the home.

ROCHESTER — A mobile home was significantly damaged today in a fire at Chestnut Hill Mobile Home Park.

The fire, which began at 2 Riverview Dr. around 12:28 p.m., was brought under control within about 10 minutes, but the flames destroyed about half of the home, said Fire Capt. Mark Avery, who was the first Rochester firefighter to arrive on scene.

Avery said that when he got to the mobile home, he saw heavy smoke coming from the roof, and as firefighters prepared to go inside, they saw flames coming out a window. In attacking the flames and making the blaze easier to extinguish, firefighters had to ventilate the fire by smashing windows on the home.

The one-alarm fire is believed to have started in the den/office area of the home while it nobody was home, said Avery. The cause of the fire is unknown at this time.

Fire departments from Somersworth, Milton, and Durham assisted Rochester firefighters at scene, and fire departments from Farmington and Barrington covered Rochester fire stations during the incident.

The fire remains under investigation by the Rochester Fire Marshal Peter Cutrer. No one was injured in the blaze.